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Introducing Message Delta Compression: Bandwidth-efficient realtime messaging

Message Delta Compression reduces your bandwidth costs, improves end-user latencies, and simplifies development by sending only the changes between messages each time there’s an update, instead of resending the entire message.

Ably Engineering

Cassandra counter columns: nice in theory, hazardous in practice

Apache Cassandra is trusted to scale at internet level and designed to scale without limits. But a series of incidents in 2020 disrupted our Cassandra instllation. A cautionary tale of using Counters at scale in production, and how we restored our trust in Cassandra.

Ably Engineering

Delta Compression: A practical guide to diff algorithms and delta file formats

Diff algorithms are the basis of many everyday developer tools such as Git. But there's limited knowledge on the subject. Here we collate our research to provide systematic knowledge on deltas and diffs.

Developers

Ably Masterclass | Episode 2 - Building an IoT based realtime attendance system for Slack

In our second masterclass episode we showed attendees how to build an RFID based access card scanner that can publish messages directly into a Slack channel.

Developers

Webhooks vs WebSub - A comparison

Webhooks and WebSub fulfil the function of data transfer at scale. While both are key components of internet infrastructure, the way they transfer data makes their use cases significantly different. We've investigated when to use each.

Developers

MQTT vs SSE

Both MQTT and SSE protocols are built upon a pub/sub concept, using a ‘broker’ when distributing messages. However, their use cases differ. We're going to see how they compare.

Developers

Ably Masterclass | Episode 1 - Building a realtime voting app in less than an hour

We kicked off our first masterclass with an intro to what 'Realtime' means and deciphered some buzzwords such as Pub/Sub, persistent connections, event-driven systems etc.

Ably News

The Engineering Snowball Sweeping SaaS

SaaS has revolutionized the way in which we buy software both at home and at work. But competition is fierce. Companies are driving growth and ensuring longevity by deploying the right technology to meet new expectations.

Ably Engineering

What is a Distributed Systems Engineer?

An opinionated guide on the concepts any Distributed Systems Engineering should have a thorough understanding of. Whether you're looking for a role or recruiting for your team, you'll find actionable insight in this article.

Ably News

Introducing Channel Rewind

Channel Rewind is an optimization for Ably's Pub/Sub Channels. It simplifies the process of retrieving messages sent over a channel prior to connection by instantly loading state.

Developers

Data APIs: How to make the most of live 'open' data

A guide to overcoming the numerous challenges associated with making 'open' data accessible and available, focusing on realtime transport data.

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Ably secures $7M funding to set a new standard in realtime messaging

Ably has raised a $7M Series A funding round led by MMC Ventures. We're growing our team to invest in our core realtime messaging platform and work to support more integrations with event-driven platforms and open protocols.

Ably adds native integrations for Zapier, IFTTT, and Cloudflare Workers

Ably integrates with three new services, allowing you to act on realtime events in the Ably network by triggering actions and executing business logic across Zapier, IFTTT, and Cloudflare Workers.

Ably solidarity statement for race equality globally

We at Ably are humbled by, and stand in solidarity with, those who are now protesting non-violently for race equality globally.

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